You have forbidden dealing with banks; so with whom do we deal then?
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The questioner : Hello, hello, hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello, my master Al-Albani?
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How is your health?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : O my master.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Now, a colleague of ours asked you about the money from bank interest, whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic, meaning, and who do we go to deal with?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Oh?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Or how are we supposed to deal? Who do we go to, even...?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Oh?
The Shaykh : I don't know, who do you deal with? I am not a trader, I am like you.
The questioner : Oh? A trader?
The Shaykh : My brother, I don't know, did you understand or not? I don't know who you deal with, but I know that you deal with your Lord in accordance with what He commanded you, and riba (usury or interest) is forbidden, that is what I know.
The questioner : As for, Islamic or non-Islamic?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello, my master Al-Albani?
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How is your health?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : O my master.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Now, a colleague of ours asked you about the money from bank interest, whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic, meaning, and who do we go to deal with?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Oh?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Or how are we supposed to deal? Who do we go to, even...?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Oh?
The Shaykh : I don't know, who do you deal with? I am not a trader, I am like you.
The questioner : Oh? A trader?
The Shaykh : My brother, I don't know, did you understand or not? I don't know who you deal with, but I know that you deal with your Lord in accordance with what He commanded you, and riba (usury or interest) is forbidden, that is what I know.
The questioner : As for, Islamic or non-Islamic?
Source
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